Ice creeper



Get. 21 1924. 1,512,727

J. A. WALLIN ICE CREEPER Filed 061;. 8, 1923 Mfnessea:

Patented Get. 21, 1924.

HIE

erENr ICE CREEPER.

Application filled October 8, 1923. Serial No. 667,253.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHAN ARON WALLIN, a citizen of Sweden, residing at Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice Creepers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ice creepers and its object is to provide a simple practical device of the kind that is readily applied to or removed from the rubber, overshoe or boot on which it may be used. With the foregoing and other objects in' view the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this application and in which- Fig. 1 is an inverted plan view of my ice creeper applied to the sole of a rubber or shoe.

Fig. 2 is a view of the ice creeper in elevation showing it applied to the shoe.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the sliding plate employed. 7

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The device comprises the flat metal anchor plate 1 secured by rivets 2 to the instep or the shoe or rubber 3. The said plate 1 is formed with a sleevelike member 4 adapted to receive the prongs 5 of the sliding plate 6, each prong being formed with a head 7 having a straight shoulder 8 formed at its junction with the prong body. The prongs are preferably formed of flexible material so that they may be manually pressed together to facilitate their insertion in the sleeve 4.

Straight shoulders 9 formed laterally of the plate 6 mark it off from the prongs 5 and the distance between the shoulders 9 and 8 is but a trifle greater than the length of the sleeve 4 so that with said prongs inserted in said sleeve the shoulders 8 abut one end thereof and the shoulders 9 abut the opposite end whereby accidental separation of said sleeve and plate 6 is prevented. The plate 6 more spurs 10 adapted to bite into the ice to enable the user to obtain a foothold thereon. I

To insert the sliding plate into the sleeve or to remove that plate it is but necessary to press the free ends of the prongs 5 together until the heads 7 will enter the sleeve.

lVhat is claimed is In an ice creeper, an anchor plate, a sleeve carried thereby, a sliding plate carried by said sleeve, spurs for said plate, prongs formed at one end of said plate, heads terminating said prongs, and shoulders formed in pairs upon said plate, said pairs of shoulders being spaced apart a distance slightly in excess of the length of said sleeve.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J OHAN' ARON VVALLIN. Witnesses:

ADoLF F. JOHNSON, HELEN L. BACON.

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